Literature 6 - Tuesday, May 3, vocab test on "folktale, and "fable." See definitions below.
Literature 7 - Tuesday, May 3, vocab test on soliloquy - euphemism. See definitions below.
Literature 8 - Tuesday, May 3, vocab test on rhyme - imagery. See definitions below.
Literature 6:
Folktales:
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Communicates
values/ideals.
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Composed orally.
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Passed by word of
mouth.
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Anonymous.
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Has heroes, amazing
feats of strength or daring.
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Solves problems.
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Uses repetition to
make easy to remember.
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To be authentic, must
have at least two versions
Fable:
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Teaches lessons at end
of story.
·
Short.
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Underdeveloped
characters, situations, conflicts.
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Animals act like
humans.
· Points out our human failings/weaknesses.
Literature 7:
Soliloquy: A speech in which a character talks to himself or the audience and reveals what he is thinking. Longer than an aside.
Scrim: A light, semi-transparent curtain.
Protagonist: Main character of a story, can be one person or a group
of people.
Conflict: A struggle between opposing forces. Can be internal or
external.
Parody: A humorous mimicking of a serious piece of literature.
Flashback: A literary device where an event from the past is inserted
into the present. Seems as if it is happening in present time. Shows how the
present is influenced by the past.
Foreshadowing: A device where the author gives clues that hint at later
events in the story. Makes surprise endings more believable.
Euphemism: A nice way of saying something that is not usually nice
(fat = big bones).
Literature 8:
Rhyme: The repetition of sounds in words that appear close to one
another in a poem.
End Rhyme: The repetition of sounds in words which occurs at the end
of two or more lines.
Refrain: A word, phrase, line, or group of lines that are repeated
regularly in a poem.
Infer: A reasonable conclusion one can draw on clues or evidence
given.
Figurative language: Language that is meant to be interpreted imaginatively,
not literally. (I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.)
*Simile: A comparison between two basically unlike things using the
words "Like" or "AS." (She is like the sun.)
*Metaphor: A direct comparison between two unlike things saying
something is something else. Doesn’t use "Like" or
"As." (She is the sun.)
*Extended metaphor: A comparison that makes more than one continued point of
comparison.
*Imagery: The use of vivid language to describe people, places,
things, and ideas. Creates a mental picture. Suggests how things look and also
how they sound, smell, taste, and feel.
